Telegram-herald., 1887-10-03

No sxl0a caa 10 trusr tnan that HIS
tory rspsata iiself' and What hss been
doas Ia okilsr clEiss wiIh success eAA
esrt.inly 10 accomplished ksr@. dfand /
laspids = ia about Me sams position a.
boy wiEh his arst pair u troassrz. he /
wants 10 ss&g the trousers, BAT bates
ssfnily - give ap ne short skir's and |
dresses, 80 ths gssuit has bssn that here
there has svrlmg ap tEo paEties-snors
clothes -. trousers.
Nov, from kaoslsd<s Ok What other
cifies have done. al opinion naJ Do
fcrmsd - 10 What Grand Rapids should
90. II ths drst place, there should bs =
belt railroad bailt-n0s a loop road, bat
bslt r0ad--ths base ot watch should be
circle around ths city. Il 10 trus that
Il might not pay for two or three years;
u - true that il would run through
L0uselsas fslds, ACROSS strsams AZ incon-
ssnisnk places. snd cost a Loo OF money
but look a. The results. Take, for IN
stance. Reefs Lake - starting point;
describe an are of tho circle towards tns
soldisrs' Home. cross tne river there and
continue b the point OF starting. This
hns would Do draft upon The future
thss would Do promptly honored 8, ma
turity. inside of the circle IL would De
builE up insils Of i've years with hun
drsis % cottages belonging 10 laborlng
msa. oGtsids of the circle. with many
more. II this appears ehImsrioal, note
What has been accomplished ~ Buffalo,
n. Y. shsrs the stock ol the belt line u
not even in the market. Go 10 that city
and hunt for Two Nile crssk. where boys
used 20 20 Tor cst-tsils. Instead OF the
swamp you will ind blocks OK beautiful
homes In any improvements TO % made
now, faith must % firmly pinned 10 the
future. II IL not sufficient 20 build =
road 50 that JOaS Doc or bIcHARD Roe
can rits down town, although that Is .
good idss. bat for the present. to build
substantially Cor ths future. This belt
line shculd land these workingrnsn sons-
whsrs In the city. so that they could
reach thsir places OF business on foot,
and this would not DO hard thing to do.
Instead Of requiring the Gable Com
pany and JERRs BorNroS 10 deposit ten
thousand doIlsrs in cash a. security Tor
good faith. and thus sis up this amount
OF money needed for public improve
mens. Why not require gilt-sdgsd bonds
for twenty thousand dollars? Is makes
no difference 80 10 whsther these com
paniss have plsnsy Of money OF not. II Ia
both q matter OF equity and political
economy. No public body has any right
~ lie mp money from circulation vhsr
thsrs is q legitimate demand for it.
Grand Rapids is bound TO become I
large city, and the manner IN which I
shau attain its fruitiOn depends sntirsly
on the present generation. IL they hav'
foresight. oombinsd with liberal iudz
menf. they can asp out nov how thH
city vii look geographically IN fortl
years. if not. they turn over 70 shs awk
ward fate Of chsncs and sxpsdisncy lh
failure of the city.
Look st Washington City today. Man.
years ago a public spirited. inssliizsn
mac maoped ont vhst conf be dons 70
that city. On his maps you saw no line
deviate FER swsrnps. creeks or hila II
fllsd ne svsmps, bridzsd tbs creek
and lsvsilei shs hills TIE Council q tbs
city bal obstructionists and sirid con
ssrvstivss In iss body, but be- 'oughs thsr
al. and smid shower of rsproachs
and abnss he transformed shs mud hol
and frog pond into Washington. th
besniiful. he simply built for ths n
ts,r>. and nov that same future NETS
uorphosed into ne present i showsrin
blessings on his hssd
Grand Rspids nsesls ship canal
Iske Michigan lsrzr enough to allow q
largest vsaseis 70 lsnd ~ cur dock
There = no rssron Why she cannot hs'
a Ia proper effort = made Congre'
viii srsnt it Have a pubic meeting an
lee al attend Let people stop plsyin
r~,iro Al tbe rlabs and ~ other place
takr time sBesEh from business and =
tsod that rnsesinE. snd szy m unnaists
ahls ssues shat ~e not eaiy wsus = sh
csual. bns va ~vsnt 4 BAD and nu
hsve if.
We csnnct depend upon postsrity sT
growth BY looking sntirsiy 10 cspitl
We usnss have more lshorers. ard
s.sn ne b-sssr cises "a must provh
tAam ~ith 6ouaee or the chsnee - pu
-s,~.s thea. Tbs csn - tose b. b.
ing sbsap Iots accessible 70 the 10
seops.
We ne>d = Bcara of Trade saa a
an szsopisfinn sn Sc tc tns velfare
fhasa zsrsa isbcrgre With hoc1es
tnair e-n ther becc1a permanent q
-e.s. VITA Al an,alt ton tor sconcray =
acnuntion by ecDcrabss nlsans
slszd ~ t>snx 9sfissed vffh heii
ahawsrs - xocG sud trswers 4 esss
thev vii put their broad sseaIisrs
sh~ wssss knsl pusA En- car e rrcers
onward
- - buiid nora for the tztare =
les n hsxsn ncw vita = aerv1us tal
fhat shall eevsr slack aafii wasl
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